Chords for Carmen Miranda's Ghost 11 - Sam Jones
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Now I met Sam Jones [D] on a dockside night [G] in a run-down [D] Viking bar,
[Em] A kid of [Am] maybe fifteen years [Em] at that [Bm] purely nowhere star.
[G] He had no ship, [D] he had no skills, [C] no name or
[D] family,
[Em] And he looked at me [Am] like a thirsty soul [Em] at a [Bm] boundless salty [Em] sea,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Captain, take [D] me with you, [G] Captain, I'll work for [D] free,
[Em] I was spacer-born [Am] and stranded here, [D] Dockside's not [Em] for me.
[G] Now that tale sure is [D] an old one, [C] Some stationer unwise,
Then [Em] slept up with [Am] some spacer love and [Em] got herself this prize,
[G] For space is wide and good friends [Bm] are too few.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
And the kid grows up [D] all restless [G] and dreams of [D] faring free,
[Em] Of stars and worlds [Am] and foreign [Em] docks and things [D] he'll [Em] never see,
[G] A spacer's more than [D] born, I said, he's [C] trained from [D] infancy,
[Em] And you, you've grown up [Am] station-side, [Em] boy, you're no use to me,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Well, I saw him take [D] that hope of his [G] and turn his [D] face away,
[Em] Not give up, no, [Am] he'd never quit, [Em] just try [Bm] further down the [Em] way,
Hey, [G] kid, I said, [D] you're stubborn, [C] if you work with half that will,
[Em] Well, our engineer [Am] could use a hand, [Em] we've [D] got a birth [E] to fill,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
He stood there with [D] that scowling look [G] as if he [D] hadn't heard,
[Em] And then the tears [Am] ran down his face, [Em] but he [Bm] didn't say [Em] a word,
[G] No, he never was much [D] for talking [C] after we took him [D] on board,
[Em] Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, [Am] no, sir, were all [Em] the words [D] that he'd [Em] afford,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends [Em] are too few.
Now the engineer, [D] Kate Meacham, [G] well, her eyes were [D] going bad,
[Em] She knew, I knew, [E] and that kid I sent drove old [Bm] Kate [Em] raving mad,
[G] Out she'd yell, [D] and he'd lie low [C] until old Kate [D] got cool,
[Em] Then back he'd go, [Am] and he'd do the scut [Em] while Kate [D] would call him [Em] a fool,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
[D] [Em]
In time, Kate's eyes [D] got much worse, [G] and every [D] crewman knew,
[Em] But Kate herself, well, [Am] her heart would [Em] stop on the day [Bm] she [Em] left the crew,
[G] That closed-mouthed kid [D] would never talk, he just [C]
covered [D] Kate's mistakes,
[Em]
Kate, he'd say, check [Am] the number [Em] four, or [Bm] Kate, that's nine [Em] point eight,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [E]
[Em] [E] Now we made our [D] rounds of the ports we used [G] from Halleys to [D] Almar,
[F#] And one [Em] jump, all [Am] of our luck ran out [Em] at a little Kate-class star,
[G] We hit a rock, [D] a vein went down, [C] the ship went kiting [D] through,
[Em] No way to stop, [Am] that's no damn thing [Em] that our [D] rescue ship [Em] could do,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
It's the number three bar, [D] Kate Meacham said, [G] that's broken on [D] that vein,
[Em] I'll send a man up, [Am] I said then, [Em] first [Bm] hope I'd [Em] entertain,
[G] No way, said Kate, [D] it's outside work, [C] we can't make that [D] from here,
[Em] And to pull that thing [Am] with a heavy [E] charge is a job for [D] the [Em] engineer,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Now we rode in dust [D] at three quarters sea, [G] with our shields all down [D] and dull,
[Em] Kate, I said, [Am] it's hell out there, [Em] dust is chewing [D] up [Em] our hull,
[G] It'll chew a hard suit [D] faster still, [G] ten minutes is [D] all you'll last,
[Em] Die an hour later, [Am] old Kate said, [Em] I'll just [D] work a little [Em] fast,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
Well, old Kate put [D] that hard suit on, [G] she went out in the [D] driving hail,
[Em] Of a high V [Am]-gas, scoured our hull, [Em] with her shriek [D] like a [Em] banshee wail,
[G] Her voice came back [D] so thin and weak, [C] that we could hardly [D] hear,
[Em] I'm on it [Am] now, I'm at the vein, [Em] I've got the [Bm] cover [Em] clear,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
And silenced then, [D] a long, long while, all [G]
drowned in static [D] hiss,
[Em] Damn this thing, [Am] my face plates [Em] fogged, my [D] sight's gone [Em] all to mist,
[G]
Kate, I said, [D] get back inside, [G]
someone else [D] will go,
[Em] But then I heard [Am] the aft lock work [Em] two levels [Bm] down [Em]
below,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are too [Em] few.
[G] [D]
[Em]
Steady, Kate, [D] said the kid's low [G] voice, then while the [D] minutes ran,
[Em] Easy, Kate, my [Am] suit's brand new, [Em] keep low [D] as ever [Em] you can,
[G] I'll find the pins, [D] you tell me how, and [C] I'll get this [D] bastard free,
[Em] Kate's voice then, [Am] we listened hard, [Em] caught about [Bm] one word [Em] in three,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Ten minutes gone, [A] we heard Kate say, [G] then we heard the [D] kid's hard breath,
[Em] I got her, shoved [Am] the other in, hold [D] on for life [Em] and death,
[G] Said the kid, my arm's [D] going numb, oh that's [G] it, now there, Kate, [D] she's in,
[Em] Get inside fast, [Am] get out of here, [E] he went to static [E] then,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [E] too few.
[Em]
[G] [D]
[Em]
Boy, hang on, [D] we heard Kate say, then we heard Kate [D] Meacham swear,
[Em] And quiet then, [Am] just a static hiss, and the stillness [D] in [Em] the air,
[G] Ten minutes more, [D] power up, I said, for [G] we heard no sound [D] back there,
[Em] It was my hand, shoved [Am] the lever home, [Em] and the power [D] [Em]
surged and flared,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
Our speed ebbed down [D] and ebbed again, as [G] we turned for that key [D] class sun,
[Em] But Kate and that kid went [Am] on together, [Em] on the trip [D]
they'd both [Em] begun,
[G] Oh, half-blind Kate [D] and young Sam Jones made a [C] hell of an [D] engineer,
So [Em] turn down a glass [Am] for such as they, [Em] and thank God we're sitting here,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G] Yes, space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Now I met Sam Jones [D] on a dockside night [G] in a run-down [D] Viking bar,
[Em] A kid of [Am] maybe fifteen years [Em] at that [Bm] purely nowhere star.
[G] He had no ship, [D] he had no skills, [C] no name or
[D] family,
[Em] And he looked at me [Am] like a thirsty soul [Em] at a [Bm] boundless salty [Em] sea,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Captain, take [D] me with you, [G] Captain, I'll work for [D] free,
[Em] I was spacer-born [Am] and stranded here, [D] Dockside's not [Em] for me.
[G] Now that tale sure is [D] an old one, [C] Some stationer unwise,
Then [Em] slept up with [Am] some spacer love and [Em] got herself this prize,
[G] For space is wide and good friends [Bm] are too few.
[Em]
[D] [Em]
And the kid grows up [D] all restless [G] and dreams of [D] faring free,
[Em] Of stars and worlds [Am] and foreign [Em] docks and things [D] he'll [Em] never see,
[G] A spacer's more than [D] born, I said, he's [C] trained from [D] infancy,
[Em] And you, you've grown up [Am] station-side, [Em] boy, you're no use to me,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Well, I saw him take [D] that hope of his [G] and turn his [D] face away,
[Em] Not give up, no, [Am] he'd never quit, [Em] just try [Bm] further down the [Em] way,
Hey, [G] kid, I said, [D] you're stubborn, [C] if you work with half that will,
[Em] Well, our engineer [Am] could use a hand, [Em] we've [D] got a birth [E] to fill,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
He stood there with [D] that scowling look [G] as if he [D] hadn't heard,
[Em] And then the tears [Am] ran down his face, [Em] but he [Bm] didn't say [Em] a word,
[G] No, he never was much [D] for talking [C] after we took him [D] on board,
[Em] Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, [Am] no, sir, were all [Em] the words [D] that he'd [Em] afford,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends [Em] are too few.
Now the engineer, [D] Kate Meacham, [G] well, her eyes were [D] going bad,
[Em] She knew, I knew, [E] and that kid I sent drove old [Bm] Kate [Em] raving mad,
[G] Out she'd yell, [D] and he'd lie low [C] until old Kate [D] got cool,
[Em] Then back he'd go, [Am] and he'd do the scut [Em] while Kate [D] would call him [Em] a fool,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
[D] [Em]
In time, Kate's eyes [D] got much worse, [G] and every [D] crewman knew,
[Em] But Kate herself, well, [Am] her heart would [Em] stop on the day [Bm] she [Em] left the crew,
[G] That closed-mouthed kid [D] would never talk, he just [C]
covered [D] Kate's mistakes,
[Em]
Kate, he'd say, check [Am] the number [Em] four, or [Bm] Kate, that's nine [Em] point eight,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [E]
[Em] [E] Now we made our [D] rounds of the ports we used [G] from Halleys to [D] Almar,
[F#] And one [Em] jump, all [Am] of our luck ran out [Em] at a little Kate-class star,
[G] We hit a rock, [D] a vein went down, [C] the ship went kiting [D] through,
[Em] No way to stop, [Am] that's no damn thing [Em] that our [D] rescue ship [Em] could do,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
It's the number three bar, [D] Kate Meacham said, [G] that's broken on [D] that vein,
[Em] I'll send a man up, [Am] I said then, [Em] first [Bm] hope I'd [Em] entertain,
[G] No way, said Kate, [D] it's outside work, [C] we can't make that [D] from here,
[Em] And to pull that thing [Am] with a heavy [E] charge is a job for [D] the [Em] engineer,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Now we rode in dust [D] at three quarters sea, [G] with our shields all down [D] and dull,
[Em] Kate, I said, [Am] it's hell out there, [Em] dust is chewing [D] up [Em] our hull,
[G] It'll chew a hard suit [D] faster still, [G] ten minutes is [D] all you'll last,
[Em] Die an hour later, [Am] old Kate said, [Em] I'll just [D] work a little [Em] fast,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
Well, old Kate put [D] that hard suit on, [G] she went out in the [D] driving hail,
[Em] Of a high V [Am]-gas, scoured our hull, [Em] with her shriek [D] like a [Em] banshee wail,
[G] Her voice came back [D] so thin and weak, [C] that we could hardly [D] hear,
[Em] I'm on it [Am] now, I'm at the vein, [Em] I've got the [Bm] cover [Em] clear,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
And silenced then, [D] a long, long while, all [G]
drowned in static [D] hiss,
[Em] Damn this thing, [Am] my face plates [Em] fogged, my [D] sight's gone [Em] all to mist,
[G]
Kate, I said, [D] get back inside, [G]
someone else [D] will go,
[Em] But then I heard [Am] the aft lock work [Em] two levels [Bm] down [Em]
below,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are too [Em] few.
[G] [D]
[Em]
Steady, Kate, [D] said the kid's low [G] voice, then while the [D] minutes ran,
[Em] Easy, Kate, my [Am] suit's brand new, [Em] keep low [D] as ever [Em] you can,
[G] I'll find the pins, [D] you tell me how, and [C] I'll get this [D] bastard free,
[Em] Kate's voice then, [Am] we listened hard, [Em] caught about [Bm] one word [Em] in three,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
Ten minutes gone, [A] we heard Kate say, [G] then we heard the [D] kid's hard breath,
[Em] I got her, shoved [Am] the other in, hold [D] on for life [Em] and death,
[G] Said the kid, my arm's [D] going numb, oh that's [G] it, now there, Kate, [D] she's in,
[Em] Get inside fast, [Am] get out of here, [E] he went to static [E] then,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [E] too few.
[Em]
[G] [D]
[Em]
Boy, hang on, [D] we heard Kate say, then we heard Kate [D] Meacham swear,
[Em] And quiet then, [Am] just a static hiss, and the stillness [D] in [Em] the air,
[G] Ten minutes more, [D] power up, I said, for [G] we heard no sound [D] back there,
[Em] It was my hand, shoved [Am] the lever home, [Em] and the power [D] [Em]
surged and flared,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G]
[D] [Em]
[Bm] [Em]
Our speed ebbed down [D] and ebbed again, as [G] we turned for that key [D] class sun,
[Em] But Kate and that kid went [Am] on together, [Em] on the trip [D]
they'd both [Em] begun,
[G] Oh, half-blind Kate [D] and young Sam Jones made a [C] hell of an [D] engineer,
So [Em] turn down a glass [Am] for such as they, [Em] and thank God we're sitting here,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
[G] Yes, space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
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_ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now I met Sam Jones [D] on a dockside night [G] in a run-down [D] Viking bar,
_ [Em] A kid of [Am] maybe fifteen years [Em] at that [Bm] purely nowhere _ star.
[G] He had no ship, [D] he had no skills, [C] no name or _
[D] family,
_ [Em] And he looked at me [Am] like a thirsty soul [Em] at a [Bm] boundless salty [Em] _ sea,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _
_ _ _ _ _ Captain, take [D] me with you, [G] _ Captain, I'll work for [D] free,
[Em] I was spacer-born [Am] and stranded here, _ [D] Dockside's not [Em] for me.
_ [G] Now that tale sure is [D] an old one, [C] Some stationer unwise,
_ _ Then [Em] slept up with [Am] some spacer love and [Em] got herself this prize,
[G] For space is wide and good friends [Bm] are too few. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And the kid grows up [D] all restless [G] and dreams of [D] faring free,
_ [Em] Of stars and worlds [Am] and foreign [Em] docks and things [D] he'll [Em] never see,
_ [G] A spacer's more than [D] born, I said, he's [C] trained from [D] infancy,
_ _ [Em] And you, you've grown up [Am] station-side, [Em] boy, you're no use to me,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, I saw him take [D] that hope of his [G] and turn his [D] face away,
_ [Em] Not give up, no, [Am] he'd never quit, [Em] just try [Bm] further down the [Em] way,
Hey, [G] kid, I said, [D] you're stubborn, [C] if you work with half that will,
[Em] Well, our engineer [Am] could use a hand, [Em] we've [D] got a birth [E] to fill,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He stood there with [D] that scowling look [G] as if he [D] hadn't heard,
[Em] And then the tears [Am] ran down his face, [Em] but he [Bm] didn't say [Em] a word,
_ [G] No, he never was much [D] for talking _ [C] after we took him [D] on board,
[Em] Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, [Am] no, sir, were all [Em] the words [D] that he'd [Em] afford,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends [Em] are too few.
_ _ _ _ Now the engineer, [D] Kate Meacham, [G] well, her eyes were [D] going bad,
[Em] She knew, I knew, [E] and that kid I sent drove old [Bm] Kate [Em] raving mad,
_ [G] Out she'd yell, [D] and he'd lie low [C] until old Kate [D] got cool,
_ [Em] Then back he'd go, [Am] and he'd do the scut [Em] while Kate [D] would call him [Em] a fool,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In time, Kate's eyes [D] got much worse, [G] and every [D] crewman knew,
_ [Em] But Kate herself, well, [Am] her heart would [Em] stop on the day [Bm] she [Em] left the crew,
_ [G] That closed-mouthed kid [D] would never talk, he just [C]
covered [D] Kate's mistakes,
_ _ [Em] _
Kate, he'd say, check [Am] the number [Em] four, or [Bm] Kate, that's nine [Em] point eight,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] Now we made our [D] rounds of the ports we used [G] from Halleys to [D] _ Almar,
[F#] And one [Em] jump, all [Am] of our luck ran out [Em] at a little Kate-class star,
[G] We hit a rock, [D] a vein went down, [C] the ship went kiting [D] through,
_ [Em] No way to stop, [Am] that's no damn thing [Em] that our [D] rescue ship [Em] could do,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's the number three bar, [D] Kate Meacham said, [G] that's broken on [D] that vein,
_ [Em] I'll send a man up, [Am] I said then, [Em] first [Bm] hope I'd [Em] entertain,
_ _ [G] No way, said Kate, [D] it's outside work, [C] we can't make that [D] from here,
_ [Em] And to pull that thing [Am] with a heavy [E] charge is a job for [D] the _ [Em] engineer,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ Now we rode in dust [D] at three quarters sea, [G] with our shields all down [D] and dull,
_ _ [Em] Kate, I said, [Am] it's hell out there, [Em] dust is chewing [D] up [Em] our hull,
_ [G] It'll chew a hard suit [D] faster still, [G] ten minutes is [D] all you'll last,
_ [Em] Die an hour later, [Am] old Kate said, [Em] I'll just [D] work a little [Em] fast,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, old Kate put [D] that hard suit on, [G] she went out in the [D] driving hail,
[Em] Of a high V [Am]-gas, scoured our hull, [Em] with her shriek [D] like a [Em] banshee wail,
[G] Her voice came back [D] so thin and weak, [C] that we could hardly [D] hear,
_ [Em] I'm on it [Am] now, I'm at the vein, [Em] I've got the [Bm] cover [Em] clear,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And silenced then, [D] a long, long while, all [G]
drowned in static [D] hiss,
_ [Em] Damn this thing, [Am] my face plates [Em] fogged, my [D] sight's gone [Em] all to mist,
_ _ [G] _
Kate, I said, [D] get back inside, [G] _
someone else [D] will go, _ _ _
_ [Em] But then I heard [Am] the aft lock work [Em] two levels [Bm] down [Em] _
below,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are too [Em] few. _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Steady, Kate, [D] said the kid's low [G] voice, then while the [D] minutes ran,
_ _ [Em] _ Easy, Kate, my [Am] suit's brand new, [Em] keep low [D] as ever [Em] you can,
_ [G] I'll find the pins, [D] you tell me how, and [C] I'll get this [D] bastard free,
_ _ [Em] Kate's voice then, [Am] we listened hard, [Em] caught about [Bm] one word [Em] in three,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _ _ _ _
_ Ten minutes gone, [A] we heard Kate say, [G] then we heard the [D] kid's hard breath,
_ [Em] I got her, shoved [Am] the other in, hold [D] on for life [Em] and death,
_ [G] Said the kid, my arm's [D] going numb, oh that's [G] it, now there, Kate, [D] she's in,
_ [Em] Get inside fast, [Am] get out of here, [E] he went to static [E] then,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [E] too few.
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Boy, hang on, [D] we heard Kate say, then we heard Kate [D] Meacham swear,
_ [Em] And quiet then, [Am] just a static hiss, and the stillness [D] in [Em] the air,
[G] _ Ten minutes more, [D] power up, I said, for [G] we heard no sound [D] back there,
[Em] It was my hand, shoved [Am] the lever home, [Em] and the power [D] _ [Em]
surged and flared,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Our speed ebbed down [D] and ebbed again, as [G] we turned for that key [D] class sun,
_ [Em] But Kate and that kid went [Am] on together, [Em] on the trip [D]
they'd both [Em] _ begun,
_ [G] Oh, half-blind Kate [D] and young Sam Jones made a [C] hell of an [D] engineer, _ _ _ _
So [Em] turn down a glass [Am] for such as they, _ [Em] and thank God we're sitting here,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Yes, space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now I met Sam Jones [D] on a dockside night [G] in a run-down [D] Viking bar,
_ [Em] A kid of [Am] maybe fifteen years [Em] at that [Bm] purely nowhere _ star.
[G] He had no ship, [D] he had no skills, [C] no name or _
[D] family,
_ [Em] And he looked at me [Am] like a thirsty soul [Em] at a [Bm] boundless salty [Em] _ sea,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _
_ _ _ _ _ Captain, take [D] me with you, [G] _ Captain, I'll work for [D] free,
[Em] I was spacer-born [Am] and stranded here, _ [D] Dockside's not [Em] for me.
_ [G] Now that tale sure is [D] an old one, [C] Some stationer unwise,
_ _ Then [Em] slept up with [Am] some spacer love and [Em] got herself this prize,
[G] For space is wide and good friends [Bm] are too few. _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And the kid grows up [D] all restless [G] and dreams of [D] faring free,
_ [Em] Of stars and worlds [Am] and foreign [Em] docks and things [D] he'll [Em] never see,
_ [G] A spacer's more than [D] born, I said, he's [C] trained from [D] infancy,
_ _ [Em] And you, you've grown up [Am] station-side, [Em] boy, you're no use to me,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
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_ _ _ _ _ Well, I saw him take [D] that hope of his [G] and turn his [D] face away,
_ [Em] Not give up, no, [Am] he'd never quit, [Em] just try [Bm] further down the [Em] way,
Hey, [G] kid, I said, [D] you're stubborn, [C] if you work with half that will,
[Em] Well, our engineer [Am] could use a hand, [Em] we've [D] got a birth [E] to fill,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ He stood there with [D] that scowling look [G] as if he [D] hadn't heard,
[Em] And then the tears [Am] ran down his face, [Em] but he [Bm] didn't say [Em] a word,
_ [G] No, he never was much [D] for talking _ [C] after we took him [D] on board,
[Em] Yes, sir, yes, ma'am, [Am] no, sir, were all [Em] the words [D] that he'd [Em] afford,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends [Em] are too few.
_ _ _ _ Now the engineer, [D] Kate Meacham, [G] well, her eyes were [D] going bad,
[Em] She knew, I knew, [E] and that kid I sent drove old [Bm] Kate [Em] raving mad,
_ [G] Out she'd yell, [D] and he'd lie low [C] until old Kate [D] got cool,
_ [Em] Then back he'd go, [Am] and he'd do the scut [Em] while Kate [D] would call him [Em] a fool,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ In time, Kate's eyes [D] got much worse, [G] and every [D] crewman knew,
_ [Em] But Kate herself, well, [Am] her heart would [Em] stop on the day [Bm] she [Em] left the crew,
_ [G] That closed-mouthed kid [D] would never talk, he just [C]
covered [D] Kate's mistakes,
_ _ [Em] _
Kate, he'd say, check [Am] the number [Em] four, or [Bm] Kate, that's nine [Em] point eight,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [E] Now we made our [D] rounds of the ports we used [G] from Halleys to [D] _ Almar,
[F#] And one [Em] jump, all [Am] of our luck ran out [Em] at a little Kate-class star,
[G] We hit a rock, [D] a vein went down, [C] the ship went kiting [D] through,
_ [Em] No way to stop, [Am] that's no damn thing [Em] that our [D] rescue ship [Em] could do,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
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_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ It's the number three bar, [D] Kate Meacham said, [G] that's broken on [D] that vein,
_ [Em] I'll send a man up, [Am] I said then, [Em] first [Bm] hope I'd [Em] entertain,
_ _ [G] No way, said Kate, [D] it's outside work, [C] we can't make that [D] from here,
_ [Em] And to pull that thing [Am] with a heavy [E] charge is a job for [D] the _ [Em] engineer,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ Now we rode in dust [D] at three quarters sea, [G] with our shields all down [D] and dull,
_ _ [Em] Kate, I said, [Am] it's hell out there, [Em] dust is chewing [D] up [Em] our hull,
_ [G] It'll chew a hard suit [D] faster still, [G] ten minutes is [D] all you'll last,
_ [Em] Die an hour later, [Am] old Kate said, [Em] I'll just [D] work a little [Em] fast,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Well, old Kate put [D] that hard suit on, [G] she went out in the [D] driving hail,
[Em] Of a high V [Am]-gas, scoured our hull, [Em] with her shriek [D] like a [Em] banshee wail,
[G] Her voice came back [D] so thin and weak, [C] that we could hardly [D] hear,
_ [Em] I'm on it [Am] now, I'm at the vein, [Em] I've got the [Bm] cover [Em] clear,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ _ And silenced then, [D] a long, long while, all [G]
drowned in static [D] hiss,
_ [Em] Damn this thing, [Am] my face plates [Em] fogged, my [D] sight's gone [Em] all to mist,
_ _ [G] _
Kate, I said, [D] get back inside, [G] _
someone else [D] will go, _ _ _
_ [Em] But then I heard [Am] the aft lock work [Em] two levels [Bm] down [Em] _
below,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are too [Em] few. _ _ _
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Steady, Kate, [D] said the kid's low [G] voice, then while the [D] minutes ran,
_ _ [Em] _ Easy, Kate, my [Am] suit's brand new, [Em] keep low [D] as ever [Em] you can,
_ [G] I'll find the pins, [D] you tell me how, and [C] I'll get this [D] bastard free,
_ _ [Em] Kate's voice then, [Am] we listened hard, [Em] caught about [Bm] one word [Em] in three,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _ _ _ _
_ Ten minutes gone, [A] we heard Kate say, [G] then we heard the [D] kid's hard breath,
_ [Em] I got her, shoved [Am] the other in, hold [D] on for life [Em] and death,
_ [G] Said the kid, my arm's [D] going numb, oh that's [G] it, now there, Kate, [D] she's in,
_ [Em] Get inside fast, [Am] get out of here, [E] he went to static [E] then,
_ [G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [E] too few.
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_ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Boy, hang on, [D] we heard Kate say, then we heard Kate [D] Meacham swear,
_ [Em] And quiet then, [Am] just a static hiss, and the stillness [D] in [Em] the air,
[G] _ Ten minutes more, [D] power up, I said, for [G] we heard no sound [D] back there,
[Em] It was my hand, shoved [Am] the lever home, [Em] and the power [D] _ [Em]
surged and flared,
[G] For space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _
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_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Our speed ebbed down [D] and ebbed again, as [G] we turned for that key [D] class sun,
_ [Em] But Kate and that kid went [Am] on together, [Em] on the trip [D]
they'd both [Em] _ begun,
_ [G] Oh, half-blind Kate [D] and young Sam Jones made a [C] hell of an [D] engineer, _ _ _ _
So [Em] turn down a glass [Am] for such as they, _ [Em] and thank God we're sitting here,
[G] For space is [D] wide and good friends are [Em] too few.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Yes, space is wide [D] and good friends are [Em] too few. _ _ _ _ _ _
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